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orotund

/awr-uh-tuhnd, ohr-/US // ˈɔr əˌtʌnd, ˈoʊr- //UK // (ˈɒrəʊˌtʌnd) //

兽性大发,兽皮,兽类,兽性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
    • : pompous or bombastic.

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Examples

  • With the orotund, as well as with the natural quality, all the voice modes previously described may be conjoined.

  • Pure voice is usually spoken of as being manifested in two qualities, the natural and the orotund.

  • One given to sonorous and orotund phrases would doubtless have coined a most splendid speech here.

  • In an orotund voice he declaims to his pupils the mighty revelations that he copied from the book.

  • There is a voice of unusual roundness and fulness known as the orotund, which is indispensable to the public speaker.